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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1908
Page
4
J W Batts real estate agent advertises properties in Brazos County with terms. One and one half lots and six room house two blocks from Main Street corner lot brick cistern and stable priced at 1050 dollars. Another quarter block with five room house on east side of town priced at 1000 dollars. Terms include one fourth cash and balance over one to three years at 8 percent interest.
John Claudianes, twenty three, a Greek resident of San Francisco, confessed to District Attorney Langdon that he dynamited James L. Gallagher’s Oakland residence and later wrecked two unoccupied Gallagher houses. Claudianes implicates others who paid his brother $1000, but refuses to name them. Gallagher previously testified against Ruef in graft cases. Claudianes has been arrested.
George Warnock and Harry Pickett of Manayunk were chased by a farm bull on Henry Forbes’s Lafayette property. They sought shelter in a tree for two hours as a thunderstorm lashed nearby woods and lightning struck within 100 feet. The bulls and storm kept them pinned until rescue.
Comptroller Stephens has received from Joe F Brown of Cherokee county the muster roll of Captain John Williams Texas Rangers with 114 names. Washington rolls reportedly list only twenty names. The roll aids survivors in applying for pensions. Awards were announced by the state purchasing agent for butterine, bran, and seeds to several firms in Fort Worth, Hico, Terrell, and Austin. Agriculture official Milner expects a legislative committee to review Agricultural and Mechanical college differences. Fayette county valuations show an over six million dollar increase, totaling more than eighteen million.
Ada Belle Hopkins, 13, daughter of a widow on Magnolia Avenue, was brutally beaten and outraged by a negro in nearby woods at 11 AM Tuesday. A mob of 1,000 armed men searched the area as officers issued a general description and the crime’s location remained under pursuit near her home. In Sherman, Jasper Ingram, 6 miles south, was struck and killed by a Central train.
In Marietta Ohio on July 14 a tank holding 18 000 barrels of oil at the National Refining company plant was struck by lightning causing damage estimated at 50000 dollars. In Memphis Miss Lulu Tucker of Jersey City met A M Jackson a farmer near Plunkett Arkansas and they wed through a matrimonial agency.
Gales off Santander, Spain, cause over thirty fishermen to drown. Wilbur M. Smith found dead in Newport harbor. Landslide at Ronco, Italy buries houses and kills nine. Heat deaths include C. B. Clark in New York and four others on Monday. John Foley of Binghamton dies after being struck by a baseball. Earl Swindell paralyzed by lightning but recovers. Eight sacks of silver coins valued at $8,000 arrive by mail to Bradlock, with 90 cent postage. William Sweet of Warren commits suicide over rent. Collette Allan drowns near Buffalo while learning to swim. Jock Flemming, Confederate Tallahassee pilot, dies near Halifax at ninety-eight.
Bryan city ordinance prohibits dogs from running at large in June July August unless muzzled. Violations are misdemeanors with fines from one to one hundred dollars. Impounding rules require 48 hour hold, possible killing if unclaimed, with fees allocated to enforcement. Mayoral and secretary signatures dated July 10 1908.
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